Biographical note: Sally Irene Cole was born in Albany, Oregon on April 23, 1864. She was married twice and had two daughters by her first husband, H. Burk and her second husband, Jack Lindsay. Jack and Sally Lindsay moved to Porcupine, Alaska in 1899 where they built and operated the Lindsay Hotel. Sally Lindsay was the chief housekeeper of the hotel and was also a ladies’ tailor and practical nurse. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1907. Some time later she and Jack Lindsay were divorced. She left Alaska in 1909. Sally Lindsay was a practical nurse and also a women's tailor. She died in Washington in 1951.

Collection description: This collection contains fourteen photographs concerning Sally Irene Cole Lindsay, the Lindsay Hotel, and Porcupine, Alaska. Included are exterior and interior views of the Lindsay Hotel, the town and area around Porcupine, and local residents. A majority of the photographs are undated.

Digitized copies: Five images from the collection have been digitized and placed online in the Alaska's Digital Archives (search Sally Lindsay or follow the links in the photograph listing below). For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Use restrictions: Use of images in this collection must include in the citation that the collection was donated to the Archives by Lindsay’s descendants, the Winella and James A. Vibbert family. See “Required citation.”

Required citation: Sally Lindsay photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage. Donated to Archives by Lindsay’s descendents, the Winella and James Vibbert family.

Acquisition note: This collection was loaned to the archives for copying in 1988 by descendants of Sally Lindsay, the family of Winella and James A. Vibbert.

Processing information: This collection was described by Dennis Walle in 1995.